Volunteers from more than 25 countries come every year to help out at Israel’s national emergency response organization.

Trained first-responders from more than two dozen countries come to Israel for six-week to five-month periods every year as volunteers with Magen David Adom (MADA), Israel’s national emergency response organization.

“The main thing they focus on is being able to do CPR with equipment,” says one young volunteer from Australia. They also handle everything from burns and bandaging, and above all they learn more about Israelis and make friends for life.